Turkish terror attack: 27 dead in town near Syria

Suruc, July 20: At least 27 people died and more than 100 injured in a suspected suicide attack in the Turkish town of Suruc. The blast occurred at the garden of city’s cultural centre. Hundreds of youth activists were also present. The attack was reportedly targeted at the members of Federation of Socialist Youth Associations […]

Parents of radicalised teenagers to have power to cancel children’s passports to stop them joining ISIS

London : Parents of radicalised teenagers will have to cancel their children’s passports to stop them travelling to join ISIS, David Cameron said today as he set out how Britain will face down the Islamist terror threat.In a major speech on tackling extremism, Mr Cameron warned the police, schools, universities, mosques, social media websites, broadcasters, […]

Ruthless Australia crush England to level Ashes series at Lord’s

London, July 20 : Australia recorded a resounding 405-run over a sloppy England side to level the Ashes series 1-1 on the fourth day of the second Test at Lord’s. The tourists posted a daunting target of 509 after declaring their second innings at 254-2 shortly before the lunch.David Warner regained form by scoring a […]

Sarfraz, Yasir star as Pakistan thump Sri Lanka in violence marred third ODI

Colombo, July 20 : Pakistan displayed a clinical performance to defeat Sri Lanka by 135 runs in the third ODI of the five-match series in Colombo, thanks to solid top-order batting and Yasir Shah’s inspiring bowling spell.However, an outbreak of violence in the stands marred the lively cricketing display as play was subsequently suspended for […]

Four years on, Pak FIA realises Lakhvi’s voice sample can’t be used as proof

Karachi, July 20 : Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has said that Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s voice samples cannot be used as evidence.A senior prosecutor in the Mumbai attacks case said that the samples could be ‘helpful’ in the course of the investigation but the audio recorded by the Indian intelligence […]